Ben Wallace’s Goochland mansion lists for nearly $7 million
Ben Wallace’s 35.33-acre Goochland estate hit the market at $6.9 million, with annual property taxes around $43,337.
A 35.33-acre Ben Wallace estate in Goochland hit the market at $6.9 million. The home at 785 Oak Spring Lane in Manakin Sabot is a custom-built 2015 European-style estate with 22,308 square feet, 6 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, and annual property taxes are about $43,337.
Wallace and his wife, Chanda, listed the property with Sharon Ligon of The Steele Group | Sotheby’s International Realty. Ligon had already received interest from both local and out-of-town buyers and had shown the house to a prospective buyer. Wallace played college basketball at Virginia Union University and recently sold his longtime basketball gym near Richmond.
Vinita Hill Farm, a 35-acre estate across Route 288 from the Benedictine-Saint Gertrude campus, listed in April at $6.95 million, and 265 Pembroke Court carried the same $6.95 million price tag last summer. The Sharp family estate in eastern Goochland sold for $8.75 million.
In May, Goochland County’s median listing price was about $737,788, while Zillow data put the county’s typical home value at $586,854 as of May 31, 2026, which makes the Wallace estate roughly 9.4 times the median list price and nearly 11.8 times the typical home value. Supervisors approved a Technology Overlay District and Technology Zone on Nov. 6, 2025, in a 4-1 vote to encourage data-center growth in the county’s designated area.
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